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The House of Hades

Rick Riordan

4.51 AVERAGE


feeling many things after this one but definitely not my favorite.

this was a weird back and forth of absolutely heartbreaking moments and chapters in conjunction with some really great character development for each of the seven - also probably what made the book so very long.


Spoileras horrible as they were i loved reading the percy + annabeth chapters in tartarus especially the way tartarus was depicted; it was hard not to feel the despair along with them. obviously nico is a standout character in this one - hoping for his happy ending.

and strangely leo has come to be one of my favorites; he really deserves more.
adventurous dark funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was one of my favourites in the Percy Jackson universe. I will say that there was almost to many pov’s in this book but it worked for the most part.
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was my favorite book and will be if BoO doesn’t blow me out of the water. (it has to if it wants to beat this book.) all the characters just equally grew and learned. I love reading character development and I think we got a lot of that in this book. I was never bored with the story and found each obstacle either entertaining, heart wrenching, or all in one. 5/5 stars
adventurous funny medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Uhh! The Percy Jackson series was way better than Jason and the Argonauts 2.0.🙃
adventurous tense fast-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Suddenly Jason and Piper aren't unsufferable anymore, and that everyone is character development. Hazel was one of the main stars of this book, I love seeing her growing her confidence(, and I repeat, she should have been much older than 13...). Annabeth and Percy in Tarturus had the funniest lines of them all but somehow that broke my heart to pieces in a way I will never be the same.

I think Riordan did a fantastic job on guiding us through this quite unknown place and impossible to survive whilst coming up with the most interesting solutions for their journey down there (instead of the easy way out). 

Started out sort of slow, but I love the character development and the focus on some of the "lesser" characters. One of my favorite Riordans so far!